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Originally Posted by Tempest
More low life scum.. let your technology be used by every man and their dog without enforcing your patent and then when it's common place start sueing... assholes...
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one thing about issued patents is that the patent holder can only go back for damages (triple damages under certain circumstances) to their issuance date. by waiting they increase the damages. this would not encourage every single patent holder to wait though because a lot of patents are defensive and more for protection from rip-offs than damages collections.